<aside> 💡 “I am responsible for Bookbot being a data-driven company. That key decisions are made based on data, and everyone has the appropriate sources, tools, and knowledge to do so.”
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<aside> 💼 My career started in IT on a biometric passport project, where I was in charge of customizing the operating system. I was surprised by how close it is to Bookbot – instead of photographing people, we take pictures of books, and fingerprint readers have been replaced by barcode scanners. In the startup for marketing attribution Roivenue, I had the opportunity to truly witness how having the right data assembled in the right way propels e-commerce businesses forward. Later, at 11teamsports group, I experienced firsthand what it means to build a data warehouse and do BI for a company with over 100 e-shops in more than 40 countries.
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Data Talk #113: Markéta Patáková (Knihobot) - Data Talk
The Emperor of All Maladies od Siddhartha Mukherjee, Just don’t expect a happy ending. To me, it’s a cautionary tale about how easy it is to see in data what we want.
Without curiosity, it is hard to do data work well. This is especially true for in-house systems that lack tidy commercial documentation. I will always prefer someone curious and passionate over a technically flawless person who isn't interested in figuring out how, why, and what.
Having the chance to be involved in everything. Throughout a single day, I meet with people regarding data related topics about cash flow, e-shop sales funnels, recommendations engines and automation of book summaries. My position allows me to maintain a high-level view of the whole company and transform it into a data model that enables us to put things into context.